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No. 5 SEPTEMBER 29, 1932 Five Gents a Copy THE WITNESS is published weekly by the Episcopal Church Publishing Company, 6140 Cottage Grove Avenue Chicago Illinois Th« subscription price is $2.00 a year; m bundles of ten or more for sale at the church, the paper selling at five cents ’we bill quarterly at three cents a copy. Entered as Second Class Matter April 3, 1919, at the postoifice at Chicago, Illinois, u n ^ T l c f of March 3? 18tI! H A O S A N D C O N FU SIO N have seized the days of penitence, culminating in the observation on C world. Old foundations once thought secure are October 10th of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, crumbling. New problems, undreamed of even a few a day for the searching of the heart to find peace with years ago, are terrifying those who look into the fu God. The fast is described in the sixteenth chapter of ture. W e must know how to answer the problems of Leviticus. In those days the people fasted and afflict the present with such knowledge of the facts and pro ed themselves while the priest made atonement for the found trust in our goal and guide. It is to aid in mak entire house of Israel by means of sacrifices and es ing you familiar with the knowledge which the Bible pecially by the symbolic rite of driving the scapegoat supplies that we have inaugurated T h e W itness Bible into the wilderness to bear away the sins of the peo Class. They are strictly modern, intended for educated ple. Now prayer takes the place of sacrifice. Yom men and women and for children trained in our schools Kippur is followed by the Feast of Tabernacles, Suk- today. You may find many of your old ideas sharply koth, commencing on Friday evening, October 14, and challenged. But old ideas have not averted the disas continuing for eight days. This is first of all their ters of today. New interpretations of eternal truths harvest festival, with rejoicing and thanksgiving to are needed to guide us out of present darkness. This God for His bounteous crops. The festival likewise class, we hope, will force many to stretch their ideas— has an historical significance, commemorating the possibly to rise to wholly new conceptions of religion forty-year journey of the Israelites through the wilder and the Church, of God and themselves. Thus may we ness after the exodus from Egypt, and is reminiscent do our share in recruiting vigorous fighters for the of the fact that the Israelites dwelt in tents (Sukkuth) Army of God, with methods adapted to the tasks during the entire period. For this reason the Jews aré ahead. commanded in the Bible to dwell in tents during the festival, a custom which is quite popularly observed A V IN G E X P R E S S E D our opinion at various even today. H times about judges who seem to have small re gard for American traditions of liberty it is a pleasure N EXTENDING NEW YEAR’S GREETINGS to compliment Judge M. A. Musmanno of Pittsburgh I to our Jewish friends it might be well for all of us for the decision he handed down the other day. Last to consider our attitudes toward each other. It is June a number of students at Pittsburgh University brought to mind by a message which has recently been expressed opposition to a commencement address deliv received from Roger W . Straus, son of the late Am ered by Major General Douglas MacArthur, chief of bassador Oscar Straus, and given out by the National staff of the United States Army. Three were arrested Conference of Jews and Christians, an organization and fined for disorderly conduct, They appealed. On which'is working for justice, amity and understanding September 16th Judge Musmanno reversed the decision between the many groups that comprise America. Mr. and at the same time gave a little lecture of his own. Straus points out that in spite of the fact that the domi “ It is utterly amazing to this court that these three nant religion of . the Western world is based upon the youths should have been subjected to such criminal ac Golden Rule, violent prejudice nevertheless still exists, tion,” Judge Musmanno said. “The court regrets that resulting often in fanatical persecution and at all times the University of Pittsburgh permits such sensational in economic, political and social discrimination. Mr. developments. College students are not intended to be Straus further stresses the fact that the Jew is not the empty tanks into which knowledge is poured. Without only religious or racial group to suffer from prejudice free speech you cannot have thinking.” and that Jews would do well to eliminate their preju dices against others. He also, in the name of the Na O NOT FAIL to wish your Jewish friends a tional Conference, believes that “ we should dismiss as D Happy New Year on Saturday of this week. It unworthy the proselytizing efforts of those who seek to is then that they celebrate the festival of the New. Year, break down Judaism in order to add numbers to Chris or Rosh Hashanah, with religious services in all the tian ranks. Judaism and Christianity are two cultural synagogues of the world. They are ushering in the groups, each with contrasting background and tradi year 5693. Their New Year’s Day is followed by ten tions, each with its own religious faith and hopes, each Copyright 2020. Archives of the Episcopal Church / DFMS. Permission required for reuse and publication. Page Four T H E WITNESS September 29, 1932 with its peculiar genius to contribute to American and panies. In 1922 the trustees of the Church Pension world life. The American ideal is that each group shall Fund formed a corporation to furnish all standard carry forward to the highest state it can, at the same types of annuities and insurance policies to the clergy, time learning to live together constructively with other lay officials, and lay workers of the Episcopal Church, groups.” and their families, at the most advantageous possible terms.